Attachment for telephone and like brackets



P. E. FLEMING.

ATTACHMENT FOR TELEPHONE AND LlKE BRACKETS. APPLICATION HLED NOV-24. 1919.

1,354,477, Patented Oct. 5, 1920.

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P. E. FLEMING.

ATTACHMENT FOR TELEPHONE AND LIKE BRACKETS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 24, I919.

1,354,477. Pqtented Oct. 5, 1920.

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-P..E. FLEMTNG.

ATTACHMENT FOR TELEPHONE AND LIKE BRACKETS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-24, 19H).

Patented Oct. 5 1920.

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PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL E. FLEMING, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ATTACHMENT FOR TELEPEONE AND LIKE BRACKETS.

Application filed November 24, 1919.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PAUL E. FLEMING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Telephone and like Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an attachment for extensible brackets such as are used for telephones, and has for among its objects to provide a device for holding cards or slips of paper on which appear telephone numbers, notes, and such other memoranda as may be needed for use with a telephone, and so constructed that the device will be distended and brought to a position for ready and convenient access as the telephone bracket is distended, and collapsed and carried back with the bracket when the latter is collapsed and moved back into a position out of the .way when the telephone is not in use.

The invention consists further in the matters hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a side elevational view o1 an extensible telephone bracket having attached thereto a device of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a like view of the'same parts when collapsed and in position out of the ay; V J Fig. 3 is a top plan View or the parts shown in Fig. 1, except that the telephone instrument is omitted;

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 2; V

Fig. 5 is an enlarged top plan view of a detail of construction;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken onglines 6 of Figs. 3 and 5, respectively;

Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken on, line 7'Z of Fig. 5;

Fig. 8 is a perspective, view of the slide; and

F ig. 9 is a front elevational view of one of the leaves forholding a memorandum card.

In the drawings, I have shown an extensible bracket 1 of the lazy tong type and having a supporting member 1) pivotally connected to "the inner end of the bracket and by means'of which the bracket may be attached to a desk, table, or other support. fit the outer end of the bracket is plate 3 Specification of Letters Patent. v

. Patented Oct. 5, 1920.

Serial No. 340,356.

provided with a twopart clamp 4 to enable a'telephone instrument 5 to be attached to said bracket.

The device of my invention is attached to said bracket 1 and comprises an extensible arm 6 preferably of the lazy tong type and provided at its inner end with a shank 7 to enter a split socket 8 secured by fastening members 9 to one side of the plate 3. The socket 8 is provided with a thumb screw 10 to clamp the shank 7 in the socket, and the shank: has a rib 11 to enter between the split parts of the socket to hold the shank from turning. Said shank 7 is secured to a flat plate 12 arranged at right-angles to the shank and extending toward the inner end of the bracket 1 when attached thereto, as shown in the drawings.

The arm 6 has its inner end attached to a vertically arranged flat plate 13 by having the lower end of one of the cross members 14 of said arm pivoted at 15 to the lower end of said plate and the upper end of the other cross member 16 having a stud 17 extending through an elongated, vertically arranged slot 18 in the upper end of said plate, as clearly shown in Fig. 6. Said plate 13 hinged to the plate 12 by a pintle 19 extending through spaced tubular parts 20 on the plate 12 and-an intermediate )art 21 on the plate 13. The plate 13 has a at web 22 between the ends of the plate and arranged at right-angles thereto.

laps a web 23 rigidly fixed to the plate 12,-

Said web 22 overas shown in Fig. 5. By the construction described, the web 22 may be swung over the web 23 on the pintle 19 in the swinging of the arm 6 into and out of distended position.

To cause the arm 6 to be distended and swung into a position substantially at rightangles to the bracket 1, when the latter is drawn out, and to cause said arm to be collapsed and swung back to position alongside of and parallel to the bracket 1 when the same is pushed back, I provide coacting parts as follows. The web 23 is provided with an arcuate slot 24, and the web 22 is provided with a straight slot 25, which crosses the slot 2 1, as shown in Fig. 5. On the web 22 is mounted a slide 26 arranged above the slot 25 and having movement endwise thereof. Said slide 26 is provided between its ends with a-fixed pin 27 extending through the arcuate slot 24 and the straightslot 25. On opposite sides of said pin, the slide is provided with elongated receive the stud17.

slots 28, 28 parallel to the slot 25. To hold and guide the slide 26 on the web 22, the latter is provided with fixed headed pins or screws 29 and a raised rib 30, the pins 29 extending through the slots 28 and the rib 30 at the outer edge of the slide, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 7 A bell crank lever 31 is pivoted at 32 to the plate 13 adjacent the upper end. One arm of the lever 31 extends toward the arm 6 and is there provided with a 'slot 33 to The other arm of said lever extends toward the slide 26 and is there provided with a slot 34 to receive a lug 35 on the slide 26, as clearly shown in Fi 8. r

The web 22 is provided with a slot 36 opening outward through that edge of the web adjacent the bracket 1 and arranged to receive the upwardly projecting end 37 of an arm 38 secured to the bracket 1 between the ends thereof.

So much of the construction described operates as follows. When the bracket 1 has been pushed back toward the supporting member 2 as far as possible, the bracket is collapsed and the telephone instrument 5 is back out of the way. The arm 6 is also collapsed'and occupies a position at one side of the bracket. 1 and substantially parallel thereto, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. 1 The web 22 is then in position swung against the inner side of the upright plate 12 with the end 37 of the arm 38 in and adjacent the inner closed end ofthe slot 36. When the telephone instrument 5 is grasped and pulled outward into position for convenient use, the bracket. 1 is distended and the arm 6 drawn outward therewith. In so doing, the arm 38 and the'web 22 are pulled away from each other, and the upperend 37 ofsaid arm acts against the rear edge of the slot 36 to swing the web 22 about the pintle 19. At the same time the pin 27 travels from one end of the arcuate slot 24 to the other and moves the slide 26 inward toward I the bracket 1. This swings the lower arm of the bell crank lever 31toward the bracket 1 and the upper arm downward, while its action on the stud 17 distends the arm 6 to its full length. By theconjoint action of such parts, the arm 6 is distended and at the same time swung to a position substantially at right-angles to the bracket 1, as shown suchposition, the bracket 1 has been only partially distended and the arm end 37 is ready to leave the slot 36. -As the bracket 1' is fully distended, the web 22 is drawn completely away from the arm end 37, but

such parts remain -in position to engage upon the collapsing of the bracket 1. To hold-the arm 6, when distended, from being accidentally swung out of that position and thus maintain the slot 36 in the path of of the way position.

When the arm 6 reaches the arm end 37, I provide one end of the arcuate slot 24- with a shallow recess 39, with which the pin 27 engages. The edge 40 of the web 22 is curved so as to guide the arm end 37 into the slot 36 when the parts are moved back into collapsed and out This is done in the following manner. After the telephone has been used and it is desired to move it back out of the way, the bracket 1 is collapsed. In so doing, the arm end 37 and the web 22 are brought together, said arm end entering the slot 36 and acting to swing the web 22 inward on the pintle 19. By the arcuate slot 24 and pin 27 ,the slide 26 .is moved endwise in the opposite direction to actuate the lever '31 and collapse the arm 6. By the action of the parts, the arm 6 is not only collapsed but swung into position alongside of the bracket 1 and substantially parallel thereto, as shown in Fig. 2.

The arm 6 is provided with means for holding memoranda, such as telephone numbers, names of parties to be called, and such other data and notes as may be required to be readily and quickly accessible for use with'a telephone. To carry out this feature, the arm 6 is provided with a' plurality of loop shaped brackets 41, each having an elongated slot 42 at its lower end, through which extends a headed stud or pin 43 used for pivotally connecting the lower ends of the cross members of the arm together. Each bracket 41 has its mid-portion offset, as shown in- Fig. 1, and is, provided with vertically alined holes to receive the stem 44 of a fiat plate or leaf 45. The latter is provided with a plurality of vertically arranged clips 46 to hold a memorandumcard 47. The leaves 45 may be turned about the brackets 41 into position overlapping each other, as shown in Fig. 4, when the parts are in collapsed position and moved back out of the way. Thus, when the parts are drawn outward into position for use, the leaves 45 will be in position directly in front of the user of the device and may be turned to separate them to permit ready reference to the cards 47 carried thereby.

With a device of my invention attached to anextensible bracket, as described, memoranda carried by the device is back out of the way. when not in use, but is quickly tail a device of my invention applied to an extensible telephone bracket, it is ofcourse to be understood that the device may be attached to a bracket not supporting a telephone instrument, and be used as-a wall file. Moreover, it'is to be understood that the details of construction and arrangement of parts of the device may be variously changed and modified without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination with an extensible bracket, of an extensible arm hingedly attached to said bracket adjacent its outer end and provided with card holding means, and said bracket and said arm provided with coacting means actuated by the col lapsing of said bracket to collapse said arm and swing the same into position alongside of said bracket and to distend said arm and swing it into a positionextending outward from said bracket when the latter is distended.

2. The combination with an extensible bracket, of an extensible arm provided with card holding means, two members hinged together with one connected with the inner end of said arm and the other attached to the outer end of said bracket, said members having coacting means for collapsing and distending said arm in the swinging of one member on the other, and said bracket and the member connected with said arm having coacting means actuated by'the collapsing of said bracket to collapse said arm and swing it into a position alongside of said bracket and to distend said arm and swing the same into position extending outward from said bracket when the same is distended.

3. The combination with an extensible bracket, of an extensible arm provided with card holding means, two members hinged together and with one connected with the inner end of said arm and the other attached to the outer end of said bracket, a slide carried by the member connected with said arm, means connecting; said slide with said arm for collapsing and distending the same, said members and said slide having coacting parts to actuate the slide in the movement of one of said members on the other, and saidbracket and the member connected with said arm having coacting means actuated by collapsing and distending said bracket to collapse and distend said arm and swing the same into and out of position alongside of said bracket.

l. The combination with an extensible bracket, of an extensible arm provided with card holding means, two members hinged together with one connected with the inner end of said arm and the other attached to the outer end of said bracket, a slide carried by the member on said arm, coacting means between the slide and said arm for other anarcuate slot, a pin secured to the slide and extending through said slots for moving the slide in the swmglng of one member on the other, and said bracket and the member on said arm having coacting means actuated by collapsing and distending the bracket to collapse and distend said arm and swing the same into and out of a position alongside of said bracket.

5. The combination with an extensible bracket, of an extensible arm of the lazy tong type and provided with card holding means, two plates hinged together with one connected with the inner end of said arm and the other attached to the outer end of said bracket, said plates having overlapping webs, one having an arcuate slot and the other a straight slot, a slide mounted on one of the webs, a pin secured to said slide and extending through said slots, a bell crank lever pivoted on the plate connected with said arm and having one end connected with said slide and one end to one of the rear cross bars of said arm for collapsing and distending the same in the movement of the slide, saia web on the plate connected with the arm having an inclined slot opening through one edge thereof, and a member carried by said bracket to engage said inclined slot for collapsing and distending said arm and swinging the same into and out of a position alongside of said bracket in collapsing and distending the latter.

6. The combination with an extensible bracket, of an extensible arm hingedly attached to said bracket adjacent its outer end and provided with a plurality of leaves for holding cards, and said bracket and said arm having coacting means actuated by the collapsing of said bracket to collapse said arm and swing it intoa position alongside of said bracket, and upon distending said bracket to distend said arm and swing it into a position extending outward from said bracket and substantially at right-angles thereto.

7 The combination with an extensible bracket, of an extensible arm hingedly attached to said bracket adjacent its outer end and provided with a plurality ot' pivotally mounted leaves for holding cards, and said bracket and said arm having coacting means actuated by collapsing said bracket to collapse said arm and swing it into position alongside of said bracket and to distend the arm and swing it into a position extending outward from said bracket when the latter is distended.

8. The combination with an extensible bracket, of an extensible arm hingedly attached to said bracket adjacent its outer end and provided with card holding means, coacting means for collapsing said arm as lesser? thelatter is swung into a position alongside and distending said bracket for collapsing of said bracket and for distending said arm anddistending said arm.

as the same is swung into a position extend- V In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 10 ing outward from said bracket, and said my invention, I afiix my signature this 22nd 5 bracket having a part fixed-thereto between day of November, A. D. 1919.

its ends to be moved into and out of con- 7 V 1 tact with said coacting means in collapsing V p PAUL E. FLEMING. 

